Is This Ban Ki-moon's Katrina?

The sluggish international response to the earthquake that leveled Haiti's capital and wiped out so many of the United Nations staff holds serious political risks for the U.N. and its secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, who has struggled to restore order to a chaotic relief effort.

Nearly a week after the 7.0 earthquake smashed Port-au-Prince, large numbers of Haitians are struggling to find food and water or fleeing to the countryside. As Ban traveled through the Haitian capital Sunday with a 17-vehicle envoy filled with top U.N. brass and journalists, destitute Haitians pleaded for food.

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